Learning English with the help of a teacher or a sensible textbook, of course, is more productive, but very boring, especially in the era of gadgets and all kinds of devices that greatly facilitate our daily lives. It is much more interesting to learn the language at any time convenient for you, just playing it, as if it were an ordinary entertainment application.
Let's try to identify the best applications for learning English for different platforms, which in one way or another have distinguished themselves by the quality of the presentation of the material, simplicity and accessibility to the average user.
Engcards
Before we begin to closely construct sentences, we first study the words. Software helps surprisingly quickly and, according to developers, learn English words forever. This program for learning English consists of 3,500 cards in the form of pictures, coupled with professional voice acting from a native speaker. Cards are one of the most effective, albeit fairly old, methods of perceiving words.
The program is designed for any level of language proficiency in accordance with the same indicator of knowledge: Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and High Intermediate. The application has been translated into 79 languages, including Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian.
Platform features
The main feature of the program is the fine tuning of the repetition periods of words. Many people know that for memorization (but not memorization), periodic repetition is necessary, therefore, repetition periods can be customized specifically for yourself (five times by default).
After the internal test and its successful passage, the words are considered memorized and postponed for a certain period (week / month / year). The training programs of such a plan are implemented in a playful way, so there is no “obligation” or the “Run to ...” mode here. The whole process is fairly straightforward and even addictive.
Lingualeo
This platform is an experienced and relatively old player in the market for such applications. The main "mainstay" of the brand remains a website where you can easily find various educational text and video lessons, trainings, courses, etc., including paid ones.
Applications for learning English on Android are not uncommon, but LinguaLeo differs from many other interesting features. We can say that the program reloads the boring learning process and brings sports and competitive notes into it.
Program features
The application consists of several game parts. Many different texts are available in the Jungle, where the main task is to learn new words. The translation along with the correct sound can be obtained by clicking on a word or expression.
Also available are training courses on all existing offer members and times. It is worth noting that the LinguaLeo application for learning English is partially paid, so access to the advanced functionality is opened after payment. The platform has rich thematic dictionaries, grammar tests, all kinds of exercises for correct pronunciation (without comparisons) and other training chips.
The competitive system is presented in the form of levels, upon reaching which new types and types of training are opened. You can, of course, get access to all levels at once, but after depositing the nth amount to your Google Play wallet.
In general, the program for learning English LinguaLeo successfully copes with its task. The only thing that adult users sometimes complain about is the “childishness” of the application and, naturally, the “donat”.
Busuu
According to the developers, the platform contains more than 30,000 words and phrases on most popular (and not so) topics. And all this in eleven languages of the world, including British English.
The entire learning process has a fixed complexity (Intermediate), which can be changed at any stage. According to the chosen level, reading exercises, comparative dialogs (listening, speaking and comparing), polls, writing small texts and checking vocabulary can be included in the course of study.
Training programs of this kind have many advantages, but most Busuu users liked it because of the ability to send their completed exercises to the testing of a large Internet community.
The functionality is supplemented by a convenient "schedule" of classes for daily training and a separate course for tourists who do not want to delve into the training, but have the desire to learn the basics of "tourist" communication.
A fly in the ointment, as always, is a “donut”, which is necessary to purchase additional (and quite serious and significant) lessons. It’s worth mentioning right away that an annual license bites a lot and will cost you about $ 70. Expensive, sorry, but there is a fact - the lessons learned are really useful and help to significantly expand the knowledge base.
It also does not hurt to mention that the platform, in addition to supporting Android devices, comes as an application for learning English on a computer, greatly expanding its audience.
"Pumpkin Eng"
The platform is a little confusing to the user during the first launch, striking with its originality, because instead of the usual memorization or inscription of letters with words, we are invited to play tic-tac-toe sentences.
The appendix for learning English “Pumpkin” has a completely different functionality from competitors: you start the fight against artificial intelligence in a certain “time”. Then on a grid of nine cells you will see columns-types (question, positive, negative), verbs or lines-tenses. Next, you choose the position where you want to make a move, choosing the right answer from the three proposed options. Level after level, new words are opened that will later be used in sentences.
Separately, it is worth noting the availability of sensible help in the style of infographics for all the times existing in the English language. And everything would be fine, but the application for learning English will not let you go beyond the first level - you need a “donut”, which is 3-4 dollars for a subscription.
Even despite in-game payments, the platform pleases with its originality, intelligently built help and detailed user instructions. “Pumpkin” received many positive assessments from the community, but a fly in the face of “donat” automatically removed one point.
Carton Tongue Twister
No matter how well you know foreign writing, pronunciation should not be discounted. The Carton Tongue Twister English learning app is built on tongue twisters, which, according to the developers, are the best help in mastering the correct pronunciation.
Looking ahead, we note that the free version has only eight tongue twisters, the rest will have to be purchased (in bulk and inexpensively - $ 2). Actually, money for such an event is not at all a pity: the scenes are built as interactive cartoons, drawn and decorated by hand, and the childish-clumsy style of filling, coupled with funny animation, give the product a charm, along with the love of the developers and a clear indicator of the quality of the application.
In total, the platform has about 30 rather big tongue twisters that can be pronounced in different ways (depending on the level of complexity). There is also one very interesting feature - recording your own voice, that is, recorded, compared, saw errors and made the appropriate conclusions. Talking about tongue twisters animation and the learning process itself makes little sense - it’s better to try everything yourself, especially since the “donat”, in comparison with previous respondents, is purely symbolic.
Easy ten
The program is designed for daily use, that is, day after day you replenish your vocabulary with 10-15 new words. The daily learning process will not take you much time, it is enough about 20 minutes for one lesson.
The vocabulary of the platform is quite impressive - 20 thousand words, and there are quite sensible simulators, thanks to which you can significantly improve your pronunciation. Also, you can scatter all the words on your own thematic lists. All learning progress is easily monitored, and therefore serves as an additional motivating lever.